By Pitchfork
on January 21, 2013 at 2:25 p.m. EST

As promised, yesterday, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom hosted the official launch of his new filesharing site, Mega, at his estate in New Zealand. He claimed that the site had over a million visits in its first 14 hours, and in excess of half a million sign-ups, according to The Guardian. Mega bills itself as "The Privacy Company: Bigger. Better. Faster. Stronger. Safer."